Alvin police say kidnapping may be tied to drug deal

Investigators say the kidnapping of a year-old Alvin boy was allegedly tied to a drug deal debt owed by the father.

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Detectives tell KRPC-TV that a suspect called the father’s phone Tuesday night a few hours after 14-month-old Manuel Recendez was snatched from his stroller as his mother pushed him on West Phillips near 2nd Street in Alvin.

The caller demanded money from a past drug deal in exchange for the toddler’s safe return, Click2Houston reports.

Officers said they negotiated with the suspect to drop the boy off at Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital that night.

Mayra Isabel Orozco, 43, and her 15-year-old daughter were arrested and charged with aggravated kidnapping. Alvin police say a white Nissan involved in the kidnapping contained three males and two females.

Click2Houston also reports:

Investigators said Thursday that a 22-year-old man turned himself in on an aggravated assault warrant connected to the kidnapping. That man’s name has not been released. Police have not said if he will also face a kidnapping charge.

Police tell KPRC that the two women had no connection to the Recendez family or the baby.